Vāta — pakvāśaya / colon

Principal Vāta seat

Pakvāśaya, conventionally translated as the colon or large-intestinal region, is the principal Vāta seat and the governing anchor of this system. The large radius highlights its doctrinal priority; the front-view position is a schematic projection of a deep abdominal organ, not a claim about a single palpable surface point.

Vāta seat — sacral and pelvic anchorVāta — pakvāśaya / colonVāta — pakvāśaya / colonPitta — grahaṇī and nābhiPitta — liver regionPitta — spleen regionKapha — uras / chest and lungsKapha — head and cranial seat

Point 2 of 7 in Tridoṣa — Vāta, Pitta, and Kapha seats

Cross-tradition overlaps

No overlapping points are registered for this point.

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Sources

Caraka Saṃhitā (primary_canonical)

Names pakvāśaya (the large-intestinal/colon region) as Vāta's principal seat in the doṣa-site teaching.

Aṣṭāṅga Hṛdayam (primary_canonical)

Supports pakvāśaya as the principal Vāta locus and the digestive-eliminative function assigned to Vāta.

Vasant Lad, Ayurveda: The Science of Self-Healing (secondary)

Modern explanatory source for the colon as the main seat of Vāta.

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